ive got an album that is to big for a cd its mp3 getting converted to audio cd with nero i have reduced the bitrate but its still to big ne ideas without loosing a track even with the gaps taken out its still to big for overburn

did you try to overburn it mate, it mibby work if its not to big.

only other way is to delete a song from it one you dont like lol

no point reducing the bit rate that will only make the mp3 smaller

what album is it

will your cd player not play mp3s

try burning the mp3 folder as a data disc and see if it works in your cd player

if u still cant get it to work use some of them
Verbatim DataLife Storage media - CD-R - 800 MB
or them
MediaRange Printable 50 Pack CD-R

hi m8 with nero are you taking the 2 sec pregap out you only need it for the first track then it might fit

took all gaps out still wont overburn have got a edited version now ie songs not as long cheers for the replys

first off, do not reduce the bitrate- leave it at 320 kbps, or the output on the burned disc will not play correctly
open the folder with the mp3's, stretch the folder width wise (L-R), highlight all the tracks, click More Details at bottom
how long is the total length of all tracks ? and total size mb of all files ? cd limit is 79:59 minutes or 800 mb

there are 2 options
1) burn the tracks as 'data' by creating a data disc cd rather than music cd, but player must read an mp3 cd
2) check to see if the player will accept a 'dvd/mp3' and burn the track/s as data to a basic dvd +R
dvd "-" R means simple video formats ... dvd "+" R mean multi format including mp3

also i deleted nero and use nch express burn, which auto- normalizes and gives you 5% overburn protection.
if you need express burn, pm me

all i do is use jet audio , which is on the forum , from 328kb to 128kb once this is done you will be able to fit all the tracks onto your cd mate very easy to use as well

I use imgburn and never had any problems with albums being too long, even the "NOW" ones that are purposely made that way.

Originally Posted by biffo1

all i do is use jet audio , which is on the forum , from 328kb to 128kb once this is done you will be able to fit all the tracks onto your cd mate very easy to use as well

Reducing the bit rate AFAIK has no effect on how long the audio CD is. Audio CD are encoded using a non-compressed format. When you convert a MP3 to audio CD you are removing any compressing and by reducing the bit-rate of the MP3 all you are doing to the audio version is removing quality.

As mentioned you need to use a program that can overburn, commercial produced CD can be longer then CD-audio specifications and most CD players have enough tolerance to play them back correctly. CD-R can always to produced that way and sometimes the CD player won't accept an out of spec CD-R.

As mentioned, if your playback device supports MP3 then keep it as data rather then audio.


Edit: I just realised that I replied to a post several months old, lol Information still applies though

mixed data + cdaudio can confuse some cd-players